Fifty-seven percent of Protestant churches have a plan for an active shooter attack, and 95% have armed church members (54% of all protestant churches). That 54% in 2022 is up from 45% in 2019. At the same time, the churches with armed private security fell from 23%...
An article in the New York Post discusses a new ride-share service where you can get an armed driver for protection. This is one way to avoid gun-free zones. Right now the ride-service is offered in Atlanta and New York City. The surge in violent crime nationwide has...
The Allen Premium Outlet massacre that left multiple people dead occurred in yet another gun-free zone. A link to their weapons policy is available here. However, apparently, only some parts of the mall are properly posted to make the ban enforceable. Thus while...
An active shooter at an Atlanta hospital murdered one and injured at least four others. A copy of the gun-free zone policy is available here.
The attack by a former employee at the Old National Bank in Louisville occurred at 8:38 AM on April 10th, 2023. Bank hours are between 9 AM and 5 PM, so only employees were present, though the bank apparently also bans customers from carrying permitted concealed...
The Mall's Code of Conduct is available here. Three people were shot at the Christiana Mall in Delaware. This might have been a gang shooting, and if so, it wouldn't fit the definition of a gun-free zone. Delaware State Police confirmed that three individuals were...
UPDATE: The Associated Press has an article claiming that our claim that this attack didn’t occur in a gun-free zone. (We appreciate the AP updating their article and adding a note in their original article to point to our response.) In emails, the AP...
From the New York Post: Police have not yet released information related to the motive, but said the school — not specific victims — was targeted. Swope told The Post that Hale had “looked at” two other schools, both public, before deciding “the security was too great...
Here is yet another example of mass public shooter picking a target based on whether people with guns made doing the attack difficult. More details will hopefully be forthcoming. We have previously pointed to similar examples here and here. . “It was the only school...
Updated March 28, 2023: You would think the empirical evidence would be overwhelming at some point. When the Aurora, Colorado Batman movie theater shooter attacked, seven movie theaters were showing "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20th within 20 minutes of the...
Unfortunately, this is yet another mass public shooting in a gun-free zone. The mass murderer originally targeted a local mall but decided against that “because of a threat assessment by the suspect of too much security.” . From Tennessee 39-17-1309 Carrying Weapons...
Amazingly, the New York Times actually quotes a retired police officer who understands the problems with gun-free zones. The shooting was the first since the creation of the expansive, signposted zone, the police said in a statement, and it immediately renewed...